Oh, what a scary time that must have been... and you drop the reader right into it, too, with those first five devastating lines that lead to the sixth "so often fatal." And that photo of you and Bird is just precious. And that last stanza so ominously drops us more deeply into the story of these two. Such a keeper, Amrita... your Bird and this precious poem.
Gosh that sounds terrifying. And the overwhelming love for the newborn. The words “And a sword will pierce your own soul too” kept resonating in my mind.
A poem on terrible vulnerability. "A mother knows" stays with me. These three words tell scores. This poem made me think how helpless mothers are when something wrong happnes to our babies.
Didi, this one stayed with me. The movement from those stark medical words to the simple “tiny Bird is different” is deeply affecting. And that final overheard sentence quietly changes everything that came before it.
Oh, what a scary time that must have been... and you drop the reader right into it, too, with those first five devastating lines that lead to the sixth "so often fatal." And that photo of you and Bird is just precious. And that last stanza so ominously drops us more deeply into the story of these two. Such a keeper, Amrita... your Bird and this precious poem.
Yes, a mother knows, and you have been there for Bird through it all, heartfelt.
The look on Bird's face! And yours, both knowing in different ways. The poem Heartbreaking and yet determined, strong. Bless you.
Gosh that sounds terrifying. And the overwhelming love for the newborn. The words “And a sword will pierce your own soul too” kept resonating in my mind.
A poem on terrible vulnerability. "A mother knows" stays with me. These three words tell scores. This poem made me think how helpless mothers are when something wrong happnes to our babies.
Didi, this one stayed with me. The movement from those stark medical words to the simple “tiny Bird is different” is deeply affecting. And that final overheard sentence quietly changes everything that came before it.